Shania Twain, aubergine parmigiana and rose champagne

Published: June 12, 2024, midnight

b"The Queen of Country Pop has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and won five Grammy awards, but her path to stardom was not easy. Growing up in poverty, Shania\\u2019s mother sent her out to sing in bars and clubs at a young age to make ends meet. Fame found her at 30 and, to this day, Shania Twain remains the only female artist to have three consecutive diamond albums in the US. Her record-breaking second album, The Woman in Me, was released in 1995 and became the biggest-selling country album of all time by a female musician. She followed that with Come On Over, released in 1997, which became the biggest selling album of all time by a female solo artist in any genre. Shania Twain plays the Legends slot at this year\\u2019s Glastonbury festival.\\n\\n\\n\\nNick heralds Shania\\u2019s arrival with a bottle of Pommery Champagne NV Brut Ros\\xe9 Royal while Angela prepares two of Shania\\u2019s favourite dishes, courgette fritti with truffle and artichoke mayo and a delicious aubergine parmigiana. The experts at Waitrose pair this meal with an Italian red, Araldica Barbera D'Asti Superiore.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nShania loves London and tells Nick and Ange she likes to ride horses incognito in Hyde Park. She also loves to cook and asks plenty of questions about her meal; listen out for some excellent tips from Angela. Our trio talk wellies at Glastonbury, the secret to Switzerland\\u2019s culinary culture and why Shania simply couldn\\u2019t make an album with Prince.\\n\\n\\n\\nJust so you know, our podcast might contain the occasional mild swear word or adult theme.\\n\\n\\n\\nAll recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes\\n\\nA transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish\\n\\n\\n\\nWe can\\u2019t all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help.\\n\\nSend your dilemmas to dish@waitrose.co.uk and she\\u2019ll try to answer in a future episode.\\n\\n\\n\\nDish is a S:E Creative Studio production for Waitrose\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"